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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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